Installing via ActiveSync vs Installing on Device?

[BlackBeauty]

Hoping you can help me out. I have trouble whenever I attempt to install programs on my Dopod D810 (WM5) via ActiveSync (4.5.0) on my PC eg., running an .exe file.

I always get the message 'Installation of XYZ.CAB was unsuccessful'.

I only ever get this error when installing via ActiveSync and am prompted to 'Select Destination Media' from Main Memory, MiniSD and Bluetooth.

Naturally, I always select MiniSD and although both the PC and device look as if they are installing, I always end up with the above unsuccessful message.

However, if I go straight to the root directory of my miniSD, I can see there the generated .CAB file. Now, if I run this directly from my device, the installation succeeds. (So, it's not a huge problem, just an annoyance if anything!)

I have no issues at all with running .CAB files directly on my device. I also have no problems installing via ActiveSync, provided the device prompts me for the Selected Destination Media rather than my PC.

Any ideas would be appreciated :)

[NeilM]

This is a little odd, because the prompting from the PC ceased with the introduction of A/S 4- the cab file now copies over to the PPC from where you should get the 'Install to..' options.

Some old applications still give the massage on the PC in error- I have had this with a couple of SkyScape medical programs, and when that happens, the install does fail, though the cab file has copied.

I suspect that it is the 'Choose Destination Media' message that is screwing things up. A/S 4 should copy the cab file to the Main Memory, unless it is a large file, in which case, the installer should be hard coded to copy to an external card. If you elect to copy the cab file to the SD card, the installer on the PPC loses track of it because it expects to find in in Main memory, from where it runs, then deletes it.

Have you tried always electing to Copy To Main Memory, then selcting 'Install to SD Card' when the actuall install begins on the PPC?

[BlackBeauty]

Have you tried always electing to Copy To Main Memory, then selcting 'Install to SD Card' when the actuall install begins on the PPC?

Thanks NeilM - I haven't tried that have I have next to no free space on the Main Memory....but I'll give it a go next time and select Install to SD Card for the installation.

[eldaria]

I noticed that I get the selection box in Activesync if the application I try to install is larger than the available space in the internal memory.
And yes it fails to install no matter what I select, so usually I select the SD card, and then manually run it from there.